Wire fence.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 19-05. J. E. FREDRIGK.

WIRE FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. 1904.

NirnD STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

JOHN E. FREDRIOK, OF KOKOMO, INDIANA.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,820, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed February 27, 190 i. Serial No. 195,613. 7

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Be it known that I, JOHN E. FREDRIoK, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful 1m provements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire fences employing longitudinally-extending strand-wires and transversely-extending stay-wires connecting the strand-wires together; and the object of the present invention is to provide a suitable interlock between the sections of the stay- -wires and the strand-wires for holding the sections of the stay-wires firmly together and at the same time preventing their movement along the strand-wire to which they are attached.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the interlock that strains brought against the sections when in use will be evenly distributed and so that a tension on one of the sections will cause a biting or impingement of the attaching-coils against the strand-wire, thereby serving to prevent the displacement of the stay-wires.

The invention consists in the features of construction and. combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a view of a section of fence consisting of three strand-wires, showing the method of interlocking the stay-wires; Fig. 2, a reverse view of the interlock, and Fig. 3 a cross-sectional view of the same.

For purposes of illustration a section 'of fence consisting of three strand-wires A has been shown, although it is obvious that a greater number could be employed. The

strand-wires are suitably spaced to meet the requirements of use, and between the strandwires are arranged stay-wires B, consisting of sections 5, a section of stay-wire being provided for the space between adjoining strandwires. The stay-wires ars attached to the outer strand-wires by means of loops or coils 7/ and at their inner ends are locked together and to the inner strand-wires by means of the interlock, which more especially forms the subject-matter of the present invention. Each of the stay-wires at its locking or attaching end is provided with a bend or turn C, which bonds or turns are hooked together on the forward side of the strand-wires, as shown in Fig. 1, and after being hooked together the ends of the wire are coiled round the strandwire forming final coils 0, one of which coils passes under the stay-wire and the other of which passes over the stay-wire, and in each instance the coiling or turning of the final coils is at substantially right angles to the initial bend or turn, forming an interlock between the sections of the stay-wires, protected on both sides by the final coils thereof. As shown in the drawings, the final coils consist of two turns of wire, although it is obvious that the wire can be given an additional number of turns round the stay-wire; but it has been found that a double turn is sufficient to give the necessary strength and rigidity and prevent the displacement of the stay-Wires on the strand-wires. By forming the interlock in this way the initial bend in the attaching ends of the stay-wires will bear the strain caused by the pull on said wires, and this bend, as shown, is of suflicient size to distribute the strain and prevent it from being concentrated at a single point, which would be the case if the bend were a tight or sharp one, and at the same time the final coils of the two sections are sufficiently separated to insure a biting or impingement against the strand-wire when a lateral strain is brought to bear against either or both of the stay-wires, which impingement would be materially lessened if the final coils were brought close together. At the same time the relation of the parts is such that if a lateral strain be imparted to one of the sections of the stay-wire the strain or pull will be imparted to the companion section of the interlock, so that both sections of the interlock will impinge against the strand-wire on opposite sides, thereby increasing the holding power of the interlock. Another advantage lies in the fact that the' bends or turns forming the interlock are none of them sharp or abrupt, so that there is no danger of splitting or breaking the wire as the coils'are being bent or turned.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the fence fabric of this invention is simple in construction and strong and durable in use, and that the parts are so arranged with respect to one another that a strain brought against any portion of the fence will be distributed evenly and the stay-wires will not be displaced from their position on the strandwlres.

Although the interlock has been described in connection with a wire fence, it is plain that it might be employed in other wire fabrics of a similar nature without in any Way departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wire fence comprising a series of horizontal strand-wires and vertical stay-wires, each vertical stay-wire being formed in sections and each of the sections having at its locking end an initial bend, the bends on the companion sections being hooked together and each of the initial bends terminating in a final coil surrounding the strand-wire the two coils being wound in reverse directions around the strand-wire, substantially as described.

2. A wire fence comprising a series of hori- Zontal strand-wires and vertical stay-wires, each vertical stay-wire formed in sections and each of the companion sections being provided at its locking end with an initial bend, the bends on companion sections being hooked together on one side of the strand-wire and each of the initial bends terminating in a final coil surrounding the stay-wire, the final coils of the companion sections being reversely wound with respect to one another, substantially as described.

3. In a wire fabric, a continuous wire and two transversely-extending sections of wire locked to the continuous wire and to each other, each of the sections having at its looking end an initial bend, thebends being hooked together, and each of the initial bends terminating in a final coil surrounding the continuous wire, the two companion coils being wound in reverse direction around the strand-wire on opposite sides of the stay-wire substantially as described.

4. In a wire fabric, a continuous wire and two transversely-extending sections of wire locked to the continuous wire and to each other, each of the sections having at its locking end an initial bend, the bends being hooked together, and each of the initial bends terminating in a final coil surrounding the continuous wire, the companion coils being reversely wound with respect to one another, substantially as described.

5. In a wire fence, the combination with the stringers or longitudinal wires thereof, of staywires, each having spiraled or coiled portions at its ends, one such coiled portion having a bowed or U portion with its arcuate portion extendingin a plane parallel to the general or longitudinal plane of said coiled or spiraled portion and parallel with the corresponding plane of the stringers.

6. In a wire fence, the combination, with the stringers or longitudinal wires thereof, of staywires, each having spiraled or coiled portions at its ends, one such coiled portion having a bowed or U portion with its arcuate portion extending in a plane parallel to the general or longitudinal plane of said coiled portion and parallel with the corresponding plane of the stringers and arranged intermediately of the last-named portion and the stay proper.

7. In a wire fence, the combination, with the stringers or longitudinal wires thereof, of staywires each having coiled portions at its ends, one such coiled portion having a bowed or U portion arranged parallel to the general or longitudinal plane of said coiled portion and intermediately of the last-named portion and a stay proper, said U or bowed portion interlocking with, and passing behind the opposite stay and laterally of the longitudinal wire or JOHN E. FREDRICK.

' stringer.

Witnesses:

CARL E. SHOCK, F. A. STRODE. 

